With a $20 million budget, this remake cost over ten times more to produce than Spurlos verschwunden (1988).
Stanley Kubrick thought Spurlos verschwunden (1988) was the most terrifying film he had seen, even more frightening than Shining (1980). Kubrick called George Sluizer to discuss some of the editing.
Barney wears a fake arm cast when attempting to lure women, a method used by serial killer Ted Bundy.
The cabin by the lake scenes were filmed at Camp Omache, a Boy Scout summer camp near Monroe, WA.
Aeryk Egan, who plays the young Barney, also played a young Nelson, Kiefer Sutherland's character in the movie Flatliners - Heute ist ein schöner Tag zum Sterben (1990).